Senior Developer II

Business Unit:

Global Technology

Reporting To:

Senior Manager, Application Development

Shift:

EMEA (1:30 pm - 10:30 pm IST) (India)

About Russell Investments, Mumbai:

Russell Investments is a leading outsourced financial partner and global investment solutions firm providing a wide range of investment capabilities to institutional investors, financial intermediaries, and individual investors around the world. Building on an 89-year legacy of continuous innovation to deliver exceptional value to clients, Russell Investments works every day to improve the financial security of its clients. The firm is "Top 12 Ranked Consultant " in P&I survey 2024 with $906 billion in assets under advisement (as of December 31, 2024) and $331.9 billion in assets under management (as of March 31, 2025) for clients in 30 countries. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington in the United States, Russell Investments has offices around the world, including London, New York, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai – and has opened a new office in Mumbai, India in June 2023.

Joining the Mumbai office is an incredible opportunity to work closely with global stakeholders to support the technology and infrastructure that drives the investment and trading processes of a globally recognized asset management firm. Be part of the team based out of Goregaon (East) and contribute to the foundation and culture of the firm's growing operations in India. The Mumbai office operates with varying shifts to accommodate time zones around the world.

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Job Description:

About Russell Investments
Russell Investments is a leading outsourced financial partner and global investment solutions firm providing a wide range of investment capabilities to institutional investors, financial intermediaries, and individual investors around the world. Building on an 88-year legacy of continuous innovation to deliver exceptional value to clients, Russell Investments works every day to improve the financial security of its clients. The firm has over $1 trillion in assets under advisement (as of December 31, 2023) and $302.7 billion in assets under management (as of March 31, Headquartered in Seattle, Washington in the United States, Russell Investments has offices around the world, including London, New York, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Mumbai.

Joining the Mumbai office is an incredible opportunity to work closely with global stakeholders to support the technology and infrastructure that drives the investment and trading processes of a globally recognized asset management firm. Be part of the team based out of Goregaon (East) and contribute to the foundation and culture of the firm's growing operations in India. The Mumbai office operates with varying shifts to accommodate time zones around the world.

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Role Summary
Every day, we seek to improve financial security for people. Joining our Technology Application Services team means you will be a part of a passionate and supportive group that believes what we do matters to our clients and investors. Within this team we enjoy a unique opportunity to leverage our technical skills by working with investment professionals to build new investment products, develop investment decision making applications and tools, and deliver improved financial outcomes for people.

Russell's Technology Application Services team is looking for an exceptional application developer to deliver highly scalable services and world-class product experiences. You will have opportunities to work on multiple layers of the technology stack, ranging from customer-focused user experience, greenfield middle-tier services, and intelligent data solutions. You will collaborate with team members and other development teams at Russell to build full stack applications and services that wow users. You excel in a highly collaborative, fast-paced, agile software development environment. You will learn and incorporate Russell IT standards, tooling, and practices while working to improve Russell's software code quality, performance, and delivery.

Years Of Experience

• 12+ years of Software Development experience required
• Financial services experience is preferred

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related engineering field required. Advanced degree preferred
• Experience with .Net Core, .NET Framework, C#, SQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Service Oriented Architecture, Web APIs, ASP.NET MVC, Angular/Reactjs is required.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and build trusted relationships with others.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to interface with all domains and seniority levels in the organization.
• CFA charter or CFA Investment Foundations certificate, or relevant degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver maintainable, testable, and reusable production quality code in a corporate financial environment using Agile development practices
• Use technical expertise combined with business acumen to envision and implement solutions to strategic business challenges, thereby using technology to differentiate Russell Investments in the market.
• Work directly with business units to implement features in existing software as well as to build new prototypes and software solutions
• Optimize application performance and stability by anticipating, investigating, and resolving problems ahead of time
• Conceptualize and be able to articulate solutions to team members and clients
• Take responsibility for the analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation of complex technical systems
• Consistently find and deliver new ways to develop and improve processes and technologies
• Act as a primary contact for users to address development questions and concerns

Candidate Requirements

• Experience collaborating with multiple teams, including business unit teams, to deliver solutions through all aspects of the SDLC required
• High proficiency with full stack development skills including UI, web, middle-tier, and database required
• Act as a primary contact for users to address development questions and concerns
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies required
• Proven ability to stay current with emerging technologies as well as with new applications of existing technologies through work experience, academics, or self-study required
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery required
• SQL database schema design experience required
• Experience with Git version control preferred

Core Values

• Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication and collaboration skills with all levels of management
• Strong organizational skills including the ability to adapt to shifting priorities and meet frequent deadlines,
• Demonstrated proactive approach to problem-solving with strong judgment and decision-making capability.
• Highly resourceful and collaborative team-player, with the ability to also be independently effective and exude initiative and a sense of urgency.
• Exemplifies our customer-focused, action-oriented, results-driven culture.
• Forward looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities, has a desire for continuous learning, and proposes solutions.
• Ability to act with discretion and maintain complete confidentiality.
• Dedicated to the firm's values of non-negotiable integrity, valuing our people, exceeding client expectations, and embracing intellectual curiosity and rigor.